2019-2020英语选修八讲义:Unit 2 英美文化欣赏 含答案.pdf
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1、【导读】 The garden party 是英国女作家 Katherine Mansfield 的短篇小说。 阅读下面有关花园聚会的场景描写,一起享受有音乐、鲜花、美食的美好时刻吧! 【节选】 The garden party They need not have worried. The weather was perfectwarm,and without a cloud in the sky.The gardener had been at work since dawn,cutting and brushing the lawns,until the green grass shon
2、e. And the rosesthe roses were wonderful.Hundreds of flowers had opened during the night.You could almost believe that the roses knew about the garden party! While the Sheridan girls were having breakfast,the men came with the marquee. Where shall we put the marquee,mother?asked Meg. My dear child,p
3、lease dont ask me.Im determined to make you children organize everything this year.Forget that I am your mother.Pretend Im one of your guests. But Meg could not possibly talk to the men.She had just washed her hair.Jose,as usual,wasnt even dressed yet. Youll have to go,Laura. Youre the artistic one
4、in this family. Laura flew out of the house,still holding a piece of bread and butter in her hand. Food always tasted delicious out of doors, and Laura loved arranging things. She always felt that she could do it better than anyone else. Four men were waiting on the garden path.They were carrying bi
5、g bags of tools, and looked very serious.Laura wished she had left her bread and butter in the house.She blushed,and tried to look businesslike. Good morning,she said,copying her mothers voice.But it sounded so silly that she was ashamed,and asked,just like a little girl,Oh,have you comeis it about
6、the marquee? Thats right,miss,said the tallest of the men.He pushed back his hat and smiled down at her. His smile was so friendly that Laura felt better immediately. What nice eyes he hadsmall,but a lovely dark blue!All the men were smiling now.Cheer up!We wont bite!they seemed to be saying.How ver
7、y nice workmen were!And what a beautiful morning!She mustnt mention the morning;she must be businesslike.The marquee. Well,shall we put it on the lawn over there? She pointed with the hand that was not holding the bread and butter.They all turned and stared.The tall man frowned. I dont like it,he sa
8、id.You wouldnt notice it there.You see,with a thing like a marquee,you want it where it hits youbang in the eye,as you might say. Laura had been brought up in a way which made her wonder for a moment whether a workman should use an expression likebang in the eyeto her.But she understood what he mean
9、t. A corner of the tennis court,she suggested.But the bands going to be in one corner. Having a band,are you?said another workman.He was pale,with a tired look in his dark eyes.What was he thinking? Only a very small band,Laura said gently.Perhaps he wouldnt mind a very small band. But the tall man
10、said, Look here, miss, thats the place.By those trees.Over there. By the karaka trees.The marquee would hide them.And the karaka trees were so lovely, with their big, shiny leaves and orange fruit.Must they be hidden by a marquee? They must.The men were already carrying their bags of tools across th
11、e lawn.Only the tall man was left.Suddenly,he bent down touched a rose,and pulled it gently towards him to smell it. When Laura saw him do that,she forgot about the karakas.He was a workman who loved the perfume of roses.How many of the men that she knew cared about things like that?Oh,how nice work
12、men are,she thought.Why couldnt she have them for her friends, instead of the silly boys she danced with and who came to Sunday night supper?She liked these men much better. Its all the fault,she decided,of these stupid differences in social class.Well,for her there were no differences.Absolutely no
13、ne at all,not a single one.And now there came the sound of hammers.Someone whistled,someone called out,Are you all right, mate?Mate!How friendly they were!Just to show how happy she was, how she liked being among these friendly men,Laura took a big bite out of her bread and butter. She felt just lik
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